John Mcwilliam News Today

Tay Road Bridge tolls were unwanted from the start but remained in place for 42 years, before finally being scrapped in February 2008.

Sam Smiths brewery has increased the alcohol content of its Alpine Lager – but do drinkers really want stronger beers?

DUNFERMLINE and West Fife enjoyed numerous visits from the late Queen Elizabeth II with the city having several personal connections with the…

Watson’s zest remains undimmed.

In 1974, Ireland - and particularly Cork - leapt to a new level of international sailing prominence as the fresh combination of the design talents of...

Wellington Heritage Week culminates this weekend with lots of free events on offer.

Among the runners and riders for the silverware (no coal this time) is the obvious favourite

IN THIS week’s trip down West Fife’s Memory Lane, and following the death of HR Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh, we look at some of the royal visits that have taken place in and around Dunfermline. Dunfermline has a particularly strong royal heritage stretching back almost 1,000 years to the time of King Malcolm and Queen Margaret. King Malcolm himself decreed that Dunfermline should replace Iona as the burial place of Scottish kings and since that time, six Scottish kings, two quee...

Paul Rowan, Renowned GP14 Dinghy Champion 25th January 2021 Paul Rowan (EABC) and Ricky McArthur (Coleraine YC) at the GP14 Worlds in Howth in 1988 Paul Rowan was a renowned member of the GP14 class, a staunch supporter of East Antrim Boat Club at Larne and a talented helmsman sadly passed away on Saturday (23rd Jan). Paul was a highly successful sailor despite carrying a weakness in his shoulder muscles on one side, a legacy of childhood polio. Paul had a number of coping mechanisms to overc...